“As Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS) for class X, Mathematics Number system 1. Show that square of any positive odd integer is of the form 8q+1 for some integer 4. 2. Find whether the decimal representation (expansion) of the numbers (i) 51/120 (ii) 637/7280 terminating or non-terminating 3. The decimal expansion of following numbers, will terminate after how many places At 354 @ P52 Gi) Bye4 4.Prove that % + .9/¢- _is an irrational number. Polynomials g 2 a 5. Find all zeroes of the polynomials. x. Sx°_ 4x t1Ox +18 if two of its zeroes are V3 and —/2, 6. Find all zeroes of the polynomial x“— 4x2 9x7 )2% -3 if two of its zeroes are 2+ /'3 7. Obtain all zeroes of the polynomial $2 CX” 22 +9, if two of its zeroes are (2 cil . fa rs Vv Aly Linear Equations 8. Solve the following pair of equations: fl 2 -/ aay 3-¢ 4? BG Grp g 9. A chemist has one solution which is 50% acid and a second solution which is 25% acid. How much of each should be mixed to make 10 litres of a 40% acid solution. 10. Check graphically whether the pair of equations x4 By 6 : Sx 44g 2B is consistent. Also find the points where these line intersect x-axis. 11. A lending library has a fixed charge for the first three days and an additional charge for each day thereafter. Sarita paid Rs. 27 for a book kept for seven dayswhile Sunita paid Rs. 21 for the book she kept for five days. Find the fixed charge and the charge for each extra day. Quadratic Equations 12. Find the value of k for which the roots of the quadratic equation kx”-10x+5=0 are equal. 13, Find the value of p for which the roots of the quadratic equation 3x”-px+3=0 are real where pb >o 14. Sum of the areas of two squares is 468 m?. If the difference of their perimeters is 24 m, find the sides of two squares. 15. A train travels 360 km at a uniform speed. If the speed had been 5 km/hr. more, it would have taken 1 hour less for the same journey. Find the speed of the train. Arithmetic Progressions 16. The 19th term of an AP is equal to 3 times its 6th term. If the 9 th term of the AP is 19, find the AP. 17. Find the sum of first 19 terms of an AP whose 8 th term is 41 and 13 th term is 61. 18. Find the sum of all three digit numbers which are divisible by 9. 19. For what value of K, 2K-7, K+5 and 3K+2 are three consecutive terms of an AP. 20. If the sum of first n terms of an AP is given by 3n? + Sn, find the common difference of the AP. 21. The sum of first three terms of an AP is 15. If the sum of their squares is 93, find the AP. Trigonometry 22. Prove that Suc! @(\-Sn'@) ~ Qlar© = | BH SnO+Se@ =| — provethat G2G+ ces'0 = | 24, If sin(A+B) = 1 and cos(A-B)=1, 0.< A+B < Jo" ; A>s, fee A avd B Gu 2’ ‘ lam 84° la 8° 25. Evaluate :CoA + Cesee A=} Lae Geet 26. Prove that | ——————_————- $=) —_—_> Gt A ~ore AH Sanh Coo ite Geometry 27. Show that the points (-3,5), (3,1), (0,3) and (-1,-4) do not form a quadrilateral. 28. Find the Coordinates of Point P on AB such that PA = 2 where A(3,1) and B(-2,5) pe 4 29. Points P,Q.R and S in that order divides the line segment joining points A(2,5) and B(7,-5) in five equal parts. Find the coordinates of P,Q,R and S. 30. The vertices of a triangle are (1,K), (4,-3) and (-9,7). If the area of triangle is 15 sq. units, then find the value(s) of K. Geometry 31. In Fig.1. ABC is an isosceles triangle with AB=AC. P is a point on the side BC such that PM 1 A?S and PN AC . Prove that BM x NP = CN x MP